[Experience of patients treated at home with trastuzumab]
1Service oncologie, Institut Gustave-Roussy, 114, rue Édouard-Vaillant, 94800 Villejuif, France.
Soins; La Revue De Reference Infirmiere
|December 23, 2019
Abstract:
In 2016, the fondation Santé Service made an evaluation of patients' satisfaction when the trastuzumab was injected subcutaneously. Made first at the hospital then at home, this injection way reduce the treatment duration at five minutes. The majority of patients will recommended this way of administration.
Keywords:
chemotherapychimiothérapieenquête de satisfactionhome hospitalisationhospitalisation à domicileinjection sous-cutanéesatisfaction surveysubcutaneous injectionMore Related Videos
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